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Wednesday night TV wallow
Thu, Oct. 30th, 2003 11:13 amWednesday nights are my TV nights. I shut off the phone and do nothing but watch TV. Most other nights aren't like this at all. Wednesday night is my one appointment TV night these days.
First, Ed: Last night, after a few rather inexplicable episodes that felt like Ed-as-The-Honeymooners and Ed-as-primetime-drama, Ed finally felt like the show I fell in love with. The last couple of episodes have just been odd, getting away from some of the central things that made the show so attractive to me. Last night, however, was all about Ed's central themes: reaching for dreams and aspirations, loyalty, love, friendship and how those things affect our choices and paths in life. And with a cliff-hanger yet! Very satisfying.
Second, Angel (WARNING: SPOILERS--skip this 'graph is you haven't seen it): Quite entertaining. I know that there's been a certain trepidation in the fan community about the show being more episodic this season, but I think this approach serves the show's needs right now: to rebuild audience after a less-than-stellar season, to reintroduce characters and their relationships, and to get back toward "the mission," which got a little lost in the Connor-and-Cordy/Jasmine melodrama that so skewed last season for me. What'd I enjoy last night? The spigot slave, the Incredible Hulk Lorne (Mutant Enemy shows Ang Lee how it's done...and done well!), the Lorne-in-the-Mirror, and all the reactions to Lorne's "suggestions." Now I don't feel so bad that Lorne's having been such a do-nothing so far this season. His few cameo appearances have been building up to this. I just wish, however, that this archive of removed characteristics had been set up in an earlier episode--or had it been and I missed it? I also keep waiting for Knox to turn out to be too good to be true. I suppose they'll get to that later this season. I just know he's hiding something...otherwise why would someone so bright and squeaky-clean be at Wolfram & Hart, I ask you?
Lastly, for you discerning viewers out there, I'd like to recommend a show The Boyfriend turned me on to: Karen Sisco. Based on an Elmore Leonard character, the show follows Sisco (Carla Gugino), a US Marshall, on the beat in Florida, her relationship with her father (the sturdy and quite fine Robert Forster), and the cases they work on. This is more than a cop show, though. The quirky-and-true relationships, especially between the two central characters, just really work. This thing is on ABC on Wednesday nights at 10, and well worth staying up for.
First, Ed: Last night, after a few rather inexplicable episodes that felt like Ed-as-The-Honeymooners and Ed-as-primetime-drama, Ed finally felt like the show I fell in love with. The last couple of episodes have just been odd, getting away from some of the central things that made the show so attractive to me. Last night, however, was all about Ed's central themes: reaching for dreams and aspirations, loyalty, love, friendship and how those things affect our choices and paths in life. And with a cliff-hanger yet! Very satisfying.
Second, Angel (WARNING: SPOILERS--skip this 'graph is you haven't seen it): Quite entertaining. I know that there's been a certain trepidation in the fan community about the show being more episodic this season, but I think this approach serves the show's needs right now: to rebuild audience after a less-than-stellar season, to reintroduce characters and their relationships, and to get back toward "the mission," which got a little lost in the Connor-and-Cordy/Jasmine melodrama that so skewed last season for me. What'd I enjoy last night? The spigot slave, the Incredible Hulk Lorne (Mutant Enemy shows Ang Lee how it's done...and done well!), the Lorne-in-the-Mirror, and all the reactions to Lorne's "suggestions." Now I don't feel so bad that Lorne's having been such a do-nothing so far this season. His few cameo appearances have been building up to this. I just wish, however, that this archive of removed characteristics had been set up in an earlier episode--or had it been and I missed it? I also keep waiting for Knox to turn out to be too good to be true. I suppose they'll get to that later this season. I just know he's hiding something...otherwise why would someone so bright and squeaky-clean be at Wolfram & Hart, I ask you?
Lastly, for you discerning viewers out there, I'd like to recommend a show The Boyfriend turned me on to: Karen Sisco. Based on an Elmore Leonard character, the show follows Sisco (Carla Gugino), a US Marshall, on the beat in Florida, her relationship with her father (the sturdy and quite fine Robert Forster), and the cases they work on. This is more than a cop show, though. The quirky-and-true relationships, especially between the two central characters, just really work. This thing is on ABC on Wednesday nights at 10, and well worth staying up for.
